your letter makes me sad, john. my commentary stated that taxpayers like you and me must pay for an explosion of government workers along with all the entitlements. you took offense at fact and perceived implication where there was none. minneapolis, bill o, a multimillionaire like you bashing the boar. pathetic. you want an entitlement state? you got one. get ready for the consequences. crestton city, california. mr. o, why not have a federal sales tax that everybody pays? because the left doesn't want everybody paying. consumption tax would raise a lot of money, but the poor would be impacted, unless there was a rehabilitate forebate for them. bill, your points are right. the entitlements must stop. i'm a job creator taxed to death. santiago, chile. bill, thanks for speaking out against those humbugging christmas. your christian philosophy is bury for both of our countries. another one, most christians like me have been ridiculed. what can wee do to fight against christian bigotry? let the insulting person know yo